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Find out More About Fostering in Barfrestone

We are recruiting foster carers in Barfrestone and surrounding areas including: Gillingham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Hastings, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Frogham, Elvington, Snowdown, Lower Eythorne & more.

Find Out More About Fostering

In Barfrestone

Find out if fostering is right for you and your family by booking a quick informal chat with a fostering expert.

Could You Foster?

* All our foster carers in the Barfrestone area are paid above the Fostering Network Payment Guidelines.

WHO CAN BE A FOSTER PARENT?

Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a parent you need to be:

  • at least 21 years old
  • a UK resident or have indefinite leave to remain
  • able to take care of a child or young person, often on a full-time basis

For how long you look after the child depends upon the sort of foster caretreatment. It can vary from one night to years, or until the child is an adult.

You might have the ability to work as well as foster . Whether you can depends upon the child's circumstances as well as the fostering service you relate to. This can be your local council or an independent fostering firm.

You do not require to have your home, yet usually, you'll require to have a extra bedroom.

Before you can foster you have to pass an evaluation to inspect that you have the ability to look after a child. You will not be examined on your age, ethnic background, gender, marital condition, religion or sexual preference.

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Foster Parents Urgently Needed in Barfrestone. Can you help?

Why Choose Us

The Best Fostering Experience

We have actually aided to place 100's of carers across the UK as well as have over 10 years of experience, which implies we can offer you the most effective feasible assistance required on your journey to aid offer a protected as well as safe home to youngsters as well as youngsters in care.

Candidates will be examined, whether it's your first time as a foster carer or if you're an knowledgeable foster carer seeking to transfer fostering agencies. We use our years of experience to match you with the ideal fostering firm, analyzing capacities, place as well as experience. We build relationships in between carers as well as staff, as well as you'll have an knowledgeable professional handy to aid 24-hour a day.

Fostering Values

At Kids First Fostering, we will always prioritise the security as well as well-being of the youngsters as well as youngsters in care, by only selecting to collaborate with credible Fostering Agencies along with the training as well as assistance we offer to potential foster carers. To achieve this, we abide by six core values:

  • Making a Difference
  • Prioritising Safeguarding
  • Championing Care Leavers 
  • Providing Support
  • Advocacy
  • Supporting Staff

Fostering Support

We support all of our prospective foster parents in their journey to coming to be foster carers.

We urgently need more foster carers in Barfrestone and surrounding areas such as Frogham, Elvington, Snowdown, Lower Eythorne, Nonington, Sibertswold, Upper Eythorne, Eythorne, Woolage Village, Woolage Green.

All of our foster carers to-be obtain extensive foster training info as well as assistance to make sure that they can offer a top-notch foster care service as well as make a real difference to a child or young individual in need. We additionally function to link our community of foster carers with each other - if you decide to be a foster moms and dad you will have the chance to fulfill with our existing carers, hear their foster care tales as well as find out from their experience.

Even after you have actually handled a foster child or young individual, you will have the full assistance of our professional team that will get on hand, 24-hour a day, to answer any kind of questions you might have.

If you live in Barfrestone and would like to be connected with the best fostering agency in Barfrestone or have any questions about fostering, becoming a foster parent or fostering a child in Barfrestone please complete the form near the top of this page.

We are actively looking for both short-term & long-term foster carers in Barfrestone, Gillingham, Maidstone, Southend-on-Sea, Chatham, Hastings, Rayleigh, Basildon, Dartford, Chelmsford, Colchester and across the South East.

If you think you could help foster a child we’d love to hear from you, whatever stage you’re at.